Tricoci University of Beauty Culture Unveils Transformed Elgin Campus on August 8

Community Contributor Michael Holtz

Tricoci University of Beauty Culture will host a grand reopening and ribbon cutting at its newly transformed Elgin Campus, located at 264 S. Randall Road, on Monday, August 8.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Mario Tricoci, internationally renowned beauty industry legend who is founder and vice chairman of Tricoci University of Beauty Culture, will deliver welcoming remarks beginning at 7 p.m.

"We made a substantial investment in the school and the finished work has exceeded our expectations," says Ross Bravo, CEO of Tricoci University of Beauty Culture, which has 14 campuses in Illinois and Indiana. "We upgraded the imaging used throughout the building and created a new wing for the Esthetics Program, which is really exciting for us."

The major benefit of the renovation is the improved flow from the classrooms to the salon floor.

"Mario Tricoci himself was brought into the design phase of the campus, which is essential to providing an environment where our students are salon ready," Bravo said. Laura Pierce, Vice President of Operations, was also instrumental in planning the campus renovation.

While first-time visitors to the Elgin Campus are unlikely to notice the changes, Bravo says the school's leadership has received a number of compliments from students and guests who have seen the renovation process first-hand.

Transformation of the Elgin Campus is part of a refresh to all Tricoci University campuses that began in late 2014 and continued more substantially through 2015. Three campuses acquired earlier this year -- in Bloomington, Ind., Danville, Ill. and Urbana, Ill. -- will see transformations similar to that at Elgin in the future.

Forty-one students have graduated from the Elgin campus since Tricoci University began offering classes in January 2015, and 51 active students were enrolled as of the end of June. Enrollment is expected to grow to approximately 70 to 75 students when fall classes begin. The campus employs 10 associates, including four cosmetology teachers and two esthetics teachers.

"We have received a high level of interest from prospective students already," Bravo says. "We are really excited to be in the Elgin area to serve the needs of the local community."

More than 75 salon owners from the immediate area have been invited to the ribbon cutting on August 8 to celebrate the remodel, meet current students and recent graduates, and network with other industry professionals

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